Source: The Washington Post - The longer humans continue to pour carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the closer we draw to leaving the next generation with an unmanageable climate problem, scientists say.

Source: The Independent - India has launched its first solar-powered train, which it is hoped will save around 21,000 litres of diesel a year, as the government attempts to make the country's vast rail network more environmentally friendly.

Source: Time - Its hard to know at times what the big story is. In a 24/7-news society  and with an Administration that lurches from one controversy to another  its easy to get distracted by the story of the moment and ignore the story of the month. Or the year. Or the decade.